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Makoto Tsunakawa
Also filed as: TSUNAKAWA MAKOTO
18 granted patents·3 pending applications·1,816 citations·filing 1994–2025
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21 records- 0197US6480762B1Medical apparatus supporting systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2000·Granted Nov 12, 2002·304 cites·40 claims
- 0295US7355625B1Endoscopic imaging system and endoscope systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 8, 2008·105 cites·21 claims
- 0395US7119830B2Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 10, 2006·66 cites·3 claims
- 0494US6184922B1Endoscopic imaging system in which still image-specific or motion picture-specific expansion unit can be coupled to digital video output terminal in freely uncoupled mannerOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Feb 6, 2001·181 cites·27 claims
- 0593US7821529B2Image pickup systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Oct 26, 2010·68 cites·5 claims
- 0693US6636254B1Image processing apparatus for performing turn or mirror inversion on an input video signal and outputting different images simultaneouslyOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1996·Granted Oct 21, 2003·181 cites·23 claims
- 0792US6873352B2Image processing unit whose ability to process endoscopic image signal can be expanded, and endoscopic imaging systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 29, 2005·38 cites·7 claims
- 0892US6677992B1Imaging apparatus offering dynamic range that is expandable by weighting two image signals produced during different exposure times with two coefficients whose sum is 1 and adding them upOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Jan 13, 2004·161 cites·35 claims
- 0991US5678568ASystem control apparatus, medical system control apparatus and image-plane display method of medical system control apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1994·Granted Oct 21, 1997·590 cites·28 claims
- 1085US8189041B2Endoscope signal processing apparatusKONISHI JUN·Filed 2007·Granted May 29, 2012·65 cites·23 claims
- 1180US6690410B1Image processing unit with expandable image signal processing capability and endoscopic imaging systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 10, 2004·14 cites·11 claims
- 1267US6538687B1Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of systemOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Mar 25, 2003·26 cites·14 claims
- 1365US12274415B2Endoscope apparatus for transmitting an endoscope image as an optical signalOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 15, 2025·0 cites·3 claims
- 1465US2025204745A1Endoscope apparatusOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 1559USRE41467EEndoscopic imaging system in which still image-specific or motion picture-specific expansion unit can be coupled to digital video output terminal in freely uncoupled mannerOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 3, 2010·3 cites·52 claims
- 1659US2024000303A1Endoscope device, light source device, endoscope system, and light source control methodOLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP·Filed 2023·Application pending·0 cites
- 1758US6774930B2Image processing unit for expanding endoscope image signal processing capabilityOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Aug 10, 2004·2 cites·5 claims
- 1855US7167196B2Endoscopic imaging system making it possible to detachably attach expansion unit having external expansion facility and add expansion facility for improving capability of systemOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 23, 2007·1 cites·10 claims
- 1952US2005137909A1Medical apparatus lease system for which fees are paid depending on usage status and medical apparatus compatible therewithOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 2005·Application pending·0 cites
- 2046US7951074B2Endoscope deviceOLYMPUS CORP·Filed 2007·Granted May 31, 2011·0 cites·12 claims
- 2145US6456317B1Endoscopic apparatusOLYMPUS OPTICAL CO·Filed 1998·Granted Sep 24, 2002·11 cites·6 claims
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